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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. preserve while making lifeless;
- Example: "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of"

2. remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it;
- Example: "Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs"

3. dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture;
- Example: "a mummified body was found"
[syn: mummify, dry up]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mummify \Mum"mi*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mummified; p. pr. & vb. n. Mummifying.] [Mummy + -fy: cf. F. momifier.] To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy. --Hall (1646). [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

mummify \mum"mi*fy\ v. i. To turn into a mummy-like corpse; to dry up with unusually little decomposition; -- said of dead animals; as, A mummified body was found in the attic. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mummify v 1: preserve while making lifeless; "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of" 2: remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it; "Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs" 3: dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found" [syn: mummify, dry up]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

62 Moby Thesaurus words for "mummify": air-dry, anhydrate, bake, blast-freeze, blot, brine, brush, burn, corn, cure, dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate, drain, dry, dry up, dry-cure, dry-salt, embalm, evaporate, exsiccate, fire, freeze, freeze-dry, fume, insolate, irradiate, jerk, kiln, kipper, lay out, lie in state, marinade, marinate, mummy, parch, pickle, preservatize, quick-freeze, refrigerate, rub, salt, scorch, sear, season, shrivel, smoke, smoke-cure, soak up, sponge, stuff, sun, sun-dry, swab, torrefy, towel, weazen, welter, wilt, wipe, wither, wizen